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When
Bob graduated from high school, left home and started attending a state
university, a whole new world opened up to him. The freedoms were amazing!
Raised in a religious home, Bob's parents had already given him some
freedoms and privileges as he'd grown older. After obtaining his driver's
license, his parents allowed him to take the car to the movies with his
friends and pursue his various hobbies and interests. But now that he
was living on his own, he decided everything himself!
While at first it seemed liberating to decide when to go to bed, what
to eat and when to hang out with friends, Bob, like most college freshmen,
quickly learned that he did need sleep and a healthy diet and that he
needed to spend time studying—especially if he wanted to get good
grades and stay in college.
Bob also noted that a few of the new students came to college primarily to have a good time, only to find out that a mixture of no studying and nonstop partying didn't work long-term. Eventually, after failing a few classes, these students either changed their habits or dropped out of school. Fortunately, Bob didn't succumb to this trap.
Bob had always been a studious person, and he liked the subjects he was taking. Sure he stayed up a little too late on occasion, but he quickly learned to manage his schedule so he could stay on top of his classes. Managing his life on this front was an easy transition.
What he wasn't prepared for was something else—something he didn't realize before going to university. It was something that would challenge his Christianity to its very core and something that was so subtle that, at first, he didn't even realize it was happening. The philosophical idea that everyone determines his own truth was insidiously permeating Bob's new life.
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